Modest Mouse finished it's two night stand at The 930 Club in Washington DC tonight
for another sold out crowd.

The band took the stage at 9:50, with frontman Isaac Brock wearing extremely
short purple shorts with rainbow sidings. Short shorts in full effect, 5'6
Isaac tore into The Whale Song resembling a playground bully; thrashing and
stomping as he struck blows with his guitar.

Moving into I Came As a Rat, Brock continued his assault, playing 3rd Planet
with nearly the entire crowd singing along, specifically "I got this thing
that I consider my only of heart of FUCKING PEOPLE OVER!"

Dashboard was played next, sounding a bit light on Tom's horn.

Isaac grabbed his Banjo, literally beating the living shit out of us with
King Rat. His shouts of "WELL!" were echoed throughout the crowd, with Tom's
horn finally coming through, meshing perfectly with Isaac's mumbling.

Rarely played Heart Cooks Brain followed, with Isaac using a music stand to
read the lyrics. He joked with the crowd about how he'd learnt the song in
a manner that ensured he would forget it every time he tried to play it.

Although a bit mellower (is that even possible?) than the night before, Tiny
Cities Made of Ashes brought about shuffling from most and full on dancing
from others, including myself.

A tighter, more in sync Ansel was played, with most fans bobbing along and
seemingly enjoying it.

Just when I was getting my bearings straight from the ass kicking delivered
by King Rat, Isaac shouted "I got one, two, three, four, five, six six six,"
throwing himself into an extremely jammed out version of Breakthrough. Screaming
into his pickups, Isaac made it known: He will beat you up and take your wallet,
then make you cry in front of your girlfriend.

Taking a turn for the slower, Bob Dylan's You Ain't Goin' Nowhere was covered
again, with a bit of jamming towards the end.

Not wanting to stay slow for too long, Parting of the Sensory built to a deafening
crescendo, with a violent mosh pit erupting as Isaac chanted about our eventual
return to mere carbon.

Good News For People Who Love Bad News was showcased next, with Black Cadillacs,
World at Large, and The View being played, respectively. The View was hands
down my favorite performance of the night, with Isaac's lyrical excellence
in full view: As life gets longer, awful feels softer/ Well it feels pretty
soft to me/ And if it takes shit to make bliss, then I feel pretty blissfully.

An encore break was taken, with Isaac returning to take a seat at the drum
set, with the stage hands on guitar. The rest of the band eventually returning
to play Custom Concern.

Recently debuted Lampshades on Fire was next, with a few members of the crowd
singing along. The bridge, heard 1 minute into the Sasquatch recording, seemed
to have been extended with Isaac jamming a bit.

Just to ensure we wouldn't be getting up anytime soon, Shit Luck exploded
into a barrage of beat downs, once again leaving the crowd moshing and flailing.

Missed the Boat followed with most of the crowd once again backing Brock on
vocals.

Closing out the night was Trailer Trash, with an awesome ending jam. Tom Peloso
took the bass on this one, handling what I consider one of the greatest bass
lines ever conceived, impeccably. Isaac added some lyrics from Perpetual Motion
Machine throughout the jam, ending the show on a high note.

Overall, this was an awesome show. Isaac and company sounded a bit tighter
and cohesive tonight, eliminating the little mistakes of last night. Tomorrow
brings round three with the band... onto Pittsburgh.